[Intro]

When the curtains close and the band goes home

I can feel it every time they walk out the door

Oh, I hoped you'd call, but I know you won't

Wishful thinking all their love could ever touch yours

I'm waiting for the encore

[Verse]

I can feel their faces looking at me

I've waited my whole life for this moment

You said, "Just let go and it'll happen"

Wish I would've known that losing you would be the cost

[Pre-Chorus]

All these people, there's still empty space

While I'm holding out for your praise

[Chorus]

When the curtains close and the band goes home

I can feel it every time they walk out the door

Oh, I hoped you'd call, but I know you won't

Wishful thinking all their love could ever touch yours

I'm waiting for the encore

You know the words, you know the song

I'm waiting for the encore

I'm waiting here to sing along

[Bridge]

What if I gave you all that you wanted?

Back before everything went so wrong?

I would give everything for the promise

That you'd be by my side forevermore

There's nothing to say left that hasn't been said

But I won't accept it's the end

[Chorus]

When the curtains close and the band goes home

I can feel it every time they walk out the door

Oh, I hoped you'd call, but I know you won't

Wishful thinking all their love could ever touch yours

I'm waiting for the encore

You know the words, you know the song

I'm waiting for the encore

I'm waiting here to sing along